Joe Celko's SQL for Smarties, 5th Edition

Chapter 23

Basic Aggregate Functions

Abstract

An aggregate function reduces a set of values to a single value. Some of the basic ones are built into SQL, and they are usually fast because optimizers and index structures often store this data for their own use.

Keywords

SUM()

AVG()

MAX()

MIN()

COUNT()

COUNT(*)

Cardinality

ALL

DISTINCT

An aggregate function reduces a set of values to a single value. Some of the basic ones are built into SQL, and they are usually fast because optimizers and index structures often store this data for their own use. The original functions are SUM(), AVG(), MAX(), MIN(), COUNT(), and COUNT(*).

Simple aggregate functions first construct a set of values as defined by the parameter. The parameter is usually a single ...